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Fed $$ Will Make It Cheaper For Hudson Valley School Districts To Purchase Dozens Of New Electric Low And Zero-Emission Buses – Helping Make Transition Easier For Schools That Want To Go Green, Boosting Local Taxpayers & Protecting Hudson Valley’s Children Health Diesel Exhaust From School Buses Not Only Pollutes The Environment, But Has Been Linked To Asthma In Children; Now Thousands Of Children Will Have Cleaner Air When Riding To School U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Catholic Health System Heroically Provided Medical Staff To Help With Increased Patient Loads, Severity And Length Of Stay During COVID Outbreak Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal $$$ Will Help Catholic Health System Recover From Economic Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Keep Up Lifesaving Care U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced Catholic Health System will receive two grants, one for $15,184,299 and an additional $20,175,953, from the... Read More

Schumer Created Tech Hubs Program In His CHIPS & Science Law With Upstate NY In Mind, And Pulled Out All The Stops To Land Designation For Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse Region, Joining Elite Group Of Only 31 Out Of Hundreds That Applied; Now Schumer Says First Major Funding Awards Could Come As Soon As Next Month   Schumer Personally Met With Commerce Secretary Raimondo To Make Final Pitch On How Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse Are A Step Above The Competition—Already Attracting New Supply Chain... Read More

Poughkeepsie Family Partnership Center Took Over The Old High School Nearly A Decade Ago, To Transform It Into Hub For Dozens Of Nonprofits & Families To Receive Vital Community Services From Healthcare To Youth Programs – But The Aging Structure Still Needs Many Major Renovations, Including Cleanup Of Toxic Asbestos Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million In Fed Funding for Brownfield Sites Across NY, With Poughkeepsie As The Largest Single Award In NY; New $$ Build On $1 Million Schumer & Ryan... Read More

Schumer Fought Tooth & Nail To Protect Vital Combat Rescue Helicopter Program That Supports Jobs In Southern Tier, Which Had Faced Major Potential Cuts; On Heels Of Delivering $400M+ For Helicopter Program, Senator Stands With Lockheed Workers To Highlight How Their Work Is Vital To America’s National Security Building On His Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law To Bolster National Security, Bring Chip Supply Chains Back To America, And Make NY #1 In Chips Industry, Schumer Announces New, Key... Read More

Fed $$ Will Make Lower Costs For Capital Region School Districts From South Glens Falls to Lansingburgh Central To Bethlehem To Purchase Dozens Of New, Electric Low And Zero-Emission Buses – Helping Make Transition Easier For Schools That Want To Go Green, Boosting Local Taxpayers & Protecting Capital Region Children’s Health Diesel Exhaust From School Buses Not Only Pollutes The Environment, But Has Been Linked To Asthma In Children; Now Thousands Of Children Will Have Cleaner Air When... Read More

Fed $$ Will Help Lower Costs For Buffalo & WNY School Districts To Purchase Dozens Of New, Electric Low And Zero-Emission Buses – Helping Make Transition Easier For Schools That Want To Go Green, Boosting Local Taxpayers & Protecting WNY Children’s Health Diesel Exhaust From School Buses Not Only Pollutes The Environment, But Has Been Linked To Asthma In Children; Now Thousands Of Children Will Have Cleaner Air When Riding To School U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today... Read More

Last Year, Schumer Stood At Abandoned “Buisch” Gas Station To Launch Push, And Now He Is Delivering The Funding To Transform Dozens Of Toxic Finger Lakes Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayers Now Schumer Has Secured New Fed $$ To Clean Up Dozens Of These Sites Across The Region, Which Will Help Jumpstart Cleanup And Transform Eyesores — Like Abandoned Gas Stations, Polluted Factories, And Large Sites Like The Seneca Army... Read More

Schumer & Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Western NY, Especially Along Rainbow Bridge & Peace Bridges, Has Seen Surge Of Practice Known ‘FlagPoling’ – Where Canadians Seeking Canadian Work Authorization Exploit A Legal Loophole and Enter The US Only For A Few Hours To Expedite Their Work Permits – Which Are Facing Long Wait Times In Canada – Bogging Down Crossings And Frustrating Border Protection Officers Who Must Take Extra Time To Process These Cases Schumer Is Now Calling On... Read More

Schumer Says New Fed $$ Will Help Transform Properties In Allegany County Like Abandoned Gas Stations, Defunct Manufacturing Sites, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayer Schumer: Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY That Will Improve Public Health, Community Safety, And Create New Economic Development Opportunities Schumer: Cleanup And Reuse Of These Community Eyesores For... Read More

Schumer Says New Fed $$ Will Help Clean Up Brownfields And Eyesores And Transform Blighted Properties Across Oneida County Like The Former Rome Cable Tower Site, The Former St. Luke’s Campus, Vacant Lots, Abandoned Sites, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping Take Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayer Schumer: This Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY & Will Improve Public Health & Safety Of Communities By Revitalizing... Read More

Transform Blighted Properties Like Abandoned Gas Stations, Defunct Manufacturing Sites, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayers Schumer: This Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY & Will Improve The Public Health & Safety Of Communities By Revitalizing Hazardous Sites While Creating New Development & Job Opportunities Schumer: Cleanup And Reuse Of These Toxic Community... Read More

Schumer Says New Fed $$ For Fulton & Greene County, And City Of Gloversville, Will Help Clean Up & Transform Eyesores And Blighted Properties Like Abandoned Tanneries, The Former Decca Records Site, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayer Schumer: This Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY & Will Improve Public Health & Safety Of Communities By Revitalizing Hazardous... Read More

Schumer Championed Billions In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Eliminate Lead Pipes And Has Already Delivered $350+ Million Specifically For Lead Pipe Removal Across NY For Communities To Tap, With Much More On The Way; Schumer Wants Communities In Capital Region To Apply Now To Accelerate Efforts To Get The Lead Out Senator Says Homes Can Get Their Pipes Tested Now And He Will Keep Pumping In The Federal Dollars To Help Keep Burden Off The Local Taxpayer and Keep Drinking Water Safe Schumer:... Read More

Schumer Says Steel Imports From China Furtively Funneled Through Mexico To Avoid U.S. Tariffs Are Harming CNY Manufacturers Like Nucor In Auburn, Crucible Steel In Syracuse, & Novellis in Oswego; Senator Now Calling On Feds To Close This Loophole, Stop The ‘Steel Surge’ From China & Other Countries Which Don’t Play By The Rules Senator Says New Tariffs Just Announced Last Week Are A GIANT, Overdue Step In The Right Direction And We Need To Use This Momentum To Protect U.S. Steel... Read More

NEA Grants Help Support Artists, Musicians, As Well As Research And Learning In History, Literature, Arts & Other Areas Of The Humanities Schumer, Gillibrand: Investing In The Arts Is How We Paint A More Vibrant Picture For New York’s Future! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,225,000 for dozens of grants distributed by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to organizations across Upstate New York. The senators said this... Read More

Schumer Has Been Leading The Charge For Decades Against Highly Toxic PFOA/PFOS Chemicals Which Are Common In Firefighting Foam, And Polluted Drinking Water Sources Across NY From Newburgh To Hoosick Falls To Niagara Falls & Watertown In Just Passed FAA Reauthorization, Schumer Helped Establish A New Grant To Dispose Of PFAS Firefighting Foam, Decontaminate Equipment, & Transition Industry To Alternative Foams – Protecting NY Water Supplies, Boosting Public Health & Firefighter... Read More

Schumer Personally Visited The Aging Seaway Visitor Center To Advocate For Renovations in 2018 And Successfully Delivered $6 Million In Fed Funding To Make Today’s Ribbon Cutting Possible Schumer Says New Center Will Be A Major Boost To Region’s Tourist Economy & Will Bolster Vital Saint Lawrence Seaway Operations – An Essential Transportation Link For The Region Schumer: This Grand Opening Will Make Waves For Our North Country Economy & Tourists! Following years of advocacy calling on... Read More

Schumer Fought To Include Extension Of FAA Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Sites – Like The One At Oneida County’s Griffiss International Airport – In Just-Passed FAA Reauthorization Bill To Ensure The Mohawk Valley & CNY Continue To Lead On UAS Research, Development, Safety & More Schumer Led The Charge To Get FAA To Choose Oneida County and Griffiss As A Test Site To Put Region On The Map As A Leader In Developing Cutting-Edge UAS Technologies And For Safely Operating UAS In The... Read More

Washington, D.C. – The Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group comprised of Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Senator Todd Young (R-IN), today released a roadmap for artificial intelligence policy in the United States Senate. A one-pager detailing the roadmap can be found here. The AI roadmap can be found here. Today, after months of discussion, hundreds of stakeholder meetings, and nine first-of-their-kind, all-Senator AI Insight... Read More